Lansing isn’t the most walkable community in the Capital region, at least not yet. Several organizations both private and public, are working to make the Capital Region much more pedestrian friendly.
According to excerpts from the article:
Only about one in every 40 residents walks to work, according to U.S. Census data. Compare that to about one in five in East Lansing.
But in the past several months, a movement to take the city in the opposite direction has gained traction.
Last year, the Lansing City Council passed what's called a complete streets ordinance, essentially pledging the city will make its transportation network more accommodating to pedestrians and bicyclists.
But what makes a city walkable is about more than sidewalks and trails. It's about the way a city is built, the look and feel of the streets, about what there is to walk to.
That means the Lansing Walking & Bicycling Task Force—a coalition of public officials, nonprofits and city residents that hopes to double the number of walking trips in the city in five years—has its work cut out.
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